Part of me longs for the days when I was a little boy and my biggest worry was my spot in the lineup for little league. But those days are long gone, and my picture of the World is quite different. While I still want to believe that people are inherently good, common sense and the events taking place around the world tell me otherwise.
The more and more I read about terrorists, Freedom Fighters, Oppressive Govt's, and genocide, the more I come to realize that there are a growing number of people out there whose purpose in life seems to be to bring pain and suffering to as many people as possible. And what makes them even more dangerous is that they are doing it in the name of God. As former superpowers and govt's destabilize, terrorists are becoming more organized, more advanced, and well-funded. It is not a matter of if they get WMD, it's a matter of when. The more I learn about their ideology, the more I am convinced that once acquired, these weapons will be used w/o hesitation.
Our nation cannot always take the correct course of action and it may seem like we are only out for our interests, but make no mistake we are in a battle between good and evil. And evil in this case is not come country that we can attack, it is more like water that can permeate into any area or aspect of our lives and can attack us on any front w/o warning. It is hard for many of us to see b/c we have comfortable lives and do not want to see it. I fear for us and for the soldiers fighting for us on the front lines. How do you defeat an enemy who is fighting in the name of God is proud to sacrifice his life to defeat his enemy. How do you beat someone that keeps on getting up no matter how hard you hit them? We need to find a way.

-Demosthenes

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"A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both."
- Dwight D. Eisenhower